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Category:Transportation
Subcategory:Trains
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Keywords:B3, BW, GCR, LNER, Steam
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6165 1930s Neasden

6165 1930s Neasden

This of course was the GCR commemorative loco and would appear at Sheffield Victoria on November 11th every year for the annual service. One Valour nameplate survives in the York National museum. The other one had a chequered history: It is believed that the second nameplate remained at Gorton Works for some time after 1948, it was then affixed to the top of the doorway of a church in Openshaw Gorton that had railway links. The plate was cemented into place and photographed A few years later the plate was removed forcibly (or stolen) from the church door and nothing had been heard or seen of it since A conspiracy theory however exists: Just after the plate was removed from the church, the presiding vicar was reposted to a position in Australia. It is thought he may have taken the plate with him. The said vicar is reported as having died some 8 years past but nothing has come to light as to the whereabouts of the plate